Good evening all
Not much is happening this side of the globe, except
that it is stinking hot. The war has stopped but so many people cannot go home
just yet. Small update from my friend Isaack who is helping in the area. ” Things
are largely the same. The “ceasefire” is still holding although Thailand
continues to violate it daily. Thailand continues to hold large swaths of land
inside internationally recognized Cambodian territory, and even past the
disputed areas they claim are theirs.
There are still around 70,000 displaced
Cambodian refugees. They still can’t return home as they are from the red zones
and their homes and land are either being held by Thailand or it’s still not
safe to return due to unexploded ordnance. Many have no homes to return to even
if the Thai army eventually goes back to the internationally recognized
borders. “” Please pray for a resolution on this
situation. Please pray for the people in the refugee camp up North that flooded
due to rain. We can see the difference here in the basic goods we buy. Most
stuff gets imported via Thailand and now we cannot get that products anymore
and need to buy more expensive imported goods.
I was just complaining to Anton about all these AI
generated stuff you get these days as adds on social media. Difficult to
believe anything you see. I look at things now with different eyes and need to
verify reports that come in as Breaking News. Still cannot believe that people
can generate such nonsense and think people need to believe them. But then I am
“”old school””, like Anton say. These days I check things back and forth in order
to see if it is true. I realize that we need to even fact check some Christian stuff
that is floating around. With so many “big boy preachers” that are falling
down, you never know who talks nonsense or sense. I am just saying!!
We are enjoying the simplicity of Cambodia and it is
apparent all around us. I stopped at a small shop and asked Anton to buy us
some cool drinks. There were a couple of old antis sitting around and when Anton
walks in, he was in the trap. They were ready for a talk and poor Anton cannot speak
Khmer, but they wanted to talk to him so badly. I spoke from out of the car and
they all started to laugh. People here are so friendly and always ready to
talk, even if you cannot talk back. We need to learn to live more simplified.
Ok , I am just rambling here. The Rossouws are doing
well. We did some blood tests this morning and seems we are not doing so bad.
Small things we need to attend too. Ugghh they say we need to exercise, not
happening in this heat.
Love you all
Rossouw-clan
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